Trial by Constitution

Let us raise a glass of La Champagne's finest bubbly to Jacques Chirac. Thanks to him, the French are at last debating Europe, offering up a good example for the rest of the Continent.

To be sure, that's not the conventional view. The EU establishment, not least at the presidential Elys&eacute;e Palace, rues the day -- July 14 of last year -- that Mr. Chirac put the "Constitution for Europe" to a referendum. For the past two months, one would think that the euro-sky was about to fall, as poll after poll (more...